Sean Lewis was not alive when Ronald Reagan was sworn in for his second term as President of the United States. Kent State's new head coach is really, really young.
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Lewis, 31, became the youngest head coach in the FBS when the Golden Flashes introduced him on Thursday. He arrived from his co-offensive coordinator post at Syracuse, which was his third stop under Dino Babers. Lewis previously worked with Babers at both Eastern Illinois and Bowling Green. He was a colleague of Andrew Sowder at both programs.
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Unlike Lewis, Sowder did not follow Babers from Bowling Green to Syracuse in 2016, and instead opted for a position at Texas, which was followed by one year at San Jose State. But on Thursday, the pair reunited to form the youngest head coach-coordinator duo in the country when the 31-year-old Lewis hired the 29-year-old Sowder to lead his Kent State offense.
Their combined age is 13 years younger than the 73-year-old head coach of division rival Ohio, Frank Solich.